Smith v. Slack

The insufficiency of the evidence to support a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, had such been returned, and the unwarranted extension of the rule relative to judicial notice are the reasons for. my disagreement with the majority.

The treatment accorded Henry A. Foss while he was confined in jail cannot be condoned, and if such treatment caused or hastened his death, the persons responsible therefore should be held liable in damages. It is stated in the majority opinion that no cause of Foss’s death other than neglect and abuse by defendants is shown, to which statement I will add that it…